Fossils found in Australia – in ancient hot spring deposits – have pushed back the earliest known evidence for land-based microbial life to 3.48 billion years. Source: The oldest signs of life on land yet | EarthSky.org

TWO WAPIKONI MOBILE SHORTS AT THE FESTIVAL DE CANNES NACIMIENTOS (PANAMA) AND INUK HUNTER (NUNAVIK) (Cannes, France) – May 15th, 2017. First-time filmmakers whose work makes it to Cannes are rarer than rare. Indigenous film at the prestigious Festival de Cannes are even more unusual. But the stars suddenly aligned in 2017 and two shorts directed by budding Indigenous filmmakers will be part of the Cannes…